Sky Organ by internetspaulicy

made by internetspaulicy for LD31 (COMPO)

Sky Organ

Play the Sky Organ and capture small creatures. Don't catch the red skulls.

Each tube will play a random note and when activated will create a vortex of suction that can trap wandering creatures.

Controls: Keys on your keyboard correspond to organ tubes on the screen.

Something seems to be up with Chrome(At least on OS X). Best play in Safari, Firefox, IE or other.

Web	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74871897/SkyOrgan/SkyOrgan.html
Windows	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74871897/SkyOrgan/SkyOrgan_LD31.zip
OS/X	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74871897/SkyOrgan/SkyOrgan_LD31_OSX.zip
Linux	https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74871897/SkyOrgan/SkyOrgan_LD31_Linux.zip
Source	https://github.com/pettipas/LD31
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=25260

Ratings

Coolness	74%	3
Overall	3.29	445

Audio	3.72	73
Fun	2.95	692
Graphics	3.58	254
Humor	2.96	274
Innovation	4.21	31
Mood	3.21	322
Theme	3.50	690

Feedback

Andynonomous

08. Dec 2014 · 03:09 UTC

Really interesting mechanic. It would be cool if it somehow made it so that you could never play a dissonant note, make it sound more like music automatically. Cool game!

Phaax

08. Dec 2014 · 03:30 UTC

First thought: What are the controls?
Second thought: EVERYTHING IS THE CONTROLS!
Third thought: Sweeet.
Fourth thought: I'm not a musician...
Fifth thought: Oh damn that game over... LOL

Gins

08. Dec 2014 · 04:03 UTC

Now that is a kind of game I haven't played before haha.
It's quite difficult with all those keys but so funny still :D

Somfunambulist

08. Dec 2014 · 04:12 UTC

Really interesting! I would have preferred if the controls were kept to the alphabet keys.

Lawls

08. Dec 2014 · 04:16 UTC

Has a nice feel!

Pinpickle

08. Dec 2014 · 04:16 UTC

I have never felt closer to my keyboard than this moment.

mtinkerhess

08. Dec 2014 · 04:18 UTC

Very different control scheme! Nice 3D models. I liked the sound / music. I wasn't always sure why some bubbles didn't get popped by the organ.

ehtd

08. Dec 2014 · 04:21 UTC

Very cool, I did not expect that!

Nuclear Napalm

08. Dec 2014 · 04:25 UTC

I need to improve my blind typing skills))) Very interesting mechaincs! Good job!

PortoCombo

08. Dec 2014 · 05:59 UTC

Very relaxing. Great sound !

raincole

08. Dec 2014 · 06:08 UTC

Pretty creative and relaxing. The death scene is so cute.

stjahns

08. Dec 2014 · 07:01 UTC

WHOAH. Really cool! Never seen anything like this. I kinda like the dissonance, gives it kinda a spooky mood :)

SeriousDeath

08. Dec 2014 · 08:08 UTC

I died and wasn't sure why. I assume sucking up skulls is a bad thing...?
Enjoyed the challenge of finding the right key rather than just pressing everything at once...
The models are nicely done...

xgeovanni

08. Dec 2014 · 12:00 UTC

A cool game and REALLY HARD. Then again I've never been any good

xgeovanni

08. Dec 2014 · 12:01 UTC

at rhythm games. (This looks really weird now.)

🎤 internetspaulicy

08. Dec 2014 · 14:32 UTC

I had not considered this a rhythm game until you mentioned it xgeovanni. I guess if you have got rhythm then it is.

FerraWare

09. Dec 2014 · 00:50 UTC

Really liked the idea, pretty innovative. Ended up pressing every single key :P

barryrowe

09. Dec 2014 · 04:21 UTC

This mechanic is great. I wish it was slightly more constrained to maybe just the character keys. I guess it is part of the challenge, but I ended up feeling as if I was just mashing keys rather than having to be a skilled "keyboard organist". The game is still fun, and has a unique mechanic. Well done.

Tater_hater

09. Dec 2014 · 06:09 UTC

Like the sounds

ChuiGum

09. Dec 2014 · 06:11 UTC

Awesome innovation, great graphics, good job! Very original, I like that.

Diventurer

09. Dec 2014 · 06:13 UTC

Nice game overall. I had problems figuring out the controls at first, but when I did - I got another problem: The upper-left tube won't work. I could play all its neighbours, but not the upper-left. Is this the horror of different keyboard layouts?

Anyway, I died really quickly afterwards. I love the game over screen!

andrewkennedy

09. Dec 2014 · 06:15 UTC

Pretty sure I lost several good years of life on my keyboard after this game, haha. What a cool concept - and sometimes the pipes played some really nice music!

🎤 internetspaulicy

09. Dec 2014 · 15:30 UTC

Haha! Its true @Diventurer my keyboard input does not really account for special keyboards. I am not sure what would happen to someone on a dvorak layout for example.

Logun

09. Dec 2014 · 20:02 UTC

The link is dead in web version :(

🎤 internetspaulicy

09. Dec 2014 · 20:20 UTC

Thanks for letting me know @Logun. Everything seems fine from here. There is an issue on some versions of Chrome. People have been using other browsers for this jam to work around it.

Zettelkasten

10. Dec 2014 · 15:19 UTC

Nice game, very difficult to play with German keyboard layout though ;)

mrexcessive

10. Dec 2014 · 18:00 UTC

Hi there. Really fun feedback from tapping keys... You really feel you are the organ... excellent. Sounds nice and flutey. Good job!

harley77

12. Dec 2014 · 04:27 UTC

That is original, and the little 3D models in the bubbles are well done. Good job!

Kuality Games

12. Dec 2014 · 21:19 UTC

This is such an amazing game, I've never seen a thing like this! hard to see where or how far the bubbles were though, ended up smashing my keyboard but I still had fun. Goodjob and high innovation!

Budaniel

13. Dec 2014 · 04:33 UTC

I am not coordinated enough for this apparently lol

Backterria

13. Dec 2014 · 06:00 UTC

Very interesting concept!Love it!

pjimmy

13. Dec 2014 · 13:20 UTC

lovely, very creative, well done :)

MaesK

14. Dec 2014 · 13:08 UTC

Good idea, but my game turned into chaos, pressing every button in existance, and losing anyway :D Great game